Tag: Orena

It’s pretty pleasing to us that this South African Gaming News Wrap is at least a regular weekly feature, which means there is plenty happening in the South African gaming scene (and some that even we miss), so let’s keep it going shall we? Onward and upward. The HIVE eSports Showdown This past Saturday (3 August) saw The H.I.V.E. in…

It’s that time again. Another month, another host of gaming events happening around South Africa. Weekend One The weekend is meant to see the return of the MSSA Western Cape Provincial ‘Championships’. However, this has now been postponed until the weekend of 24 and 25 August. Another MSSA event over the weekend is the 2nd online StarCraft II schools tournament on…

It was a busy week in South African gaming while you weren’t looking. There have been tournaments, which means there have been winners and losers. There has been news, which also means there have been winners and losers. So let’s get to it shall we… Xbox South Africa has issued a press release stating that any Xbox One prices currently…

Welcome to the wrap that matters – the one all about South African gaming. 2upGamers Yes, 2upGamers (Community) is making a return after a two month hiatus brought about due to venue issues and a busy as hell schedule of other activities. On Friday 26 July from 7pm, head to Leslie Social Foyer at UCT for your dose of social gaming.…

It’s been a busy week of tournaments, but it’s even a bigger one (and a couple more) coming up. If you don’t have a clue what I am talking about, then you’ve come to the right place… MSSA Cape Town FIFA 13 Regional This past weekend saw the crowning of Cape Town’s best FIFA 13 player on both the Xbox…

The South African gaming scene appears to be awash with a number of organisations – both established and new – trying to (we hope at least) grow the scene by offering a variety of online and offline tournaments and events. One of the new additions to the online tournament world is Orena who made an entrance with a neatly organised…

The past week or so has seen a number of gaming events come and go on a variety of platforms and featuring a number of titles. Here’s a little bit of what happened at them all. Or at least the ones we are aware of. But before we head into the results, how about a new tournament for the Xbox…

June was an odd month for gaming events in South Africa. It will probably be the month remembered (if at all) as the month with more cancelled or postponed events than ones that actually happened. Let’s hope July bucks this trend. Weekend One The first weekend of every month always seems to be the busy one, and July is no…

Orena – a recently formed SA tournament organisation – has announced their first Xbox 360 tournament. Unsurprisingly it is for Black Ops 2, but it does pack a decent prize pool. Registrations are now open until 8 July, and teams can register here. The cost is R50 per player with two substitutes being allowed for free. While they don’t actually…